On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 12:16 PM Jogchum Reitsma <j.reit...@hccnet.nl> wrote: > > Hi, > > Running Lilypond 2.19.82 on Opensuse Tumbleweed, I want to enlarge the > space between systems of choir staffs. > > Looking in the docs, and googling, I tried > > \override VerticalAxisGroup.staffgroup-staff-spacing = #'(50(50)) > > and > > \override StaffGrouper.staffgroup-staff-spacing.basic-distance = #15 > > in the layout {} section. > > But whatever values I place in these commands, nothing changes in the > spacing between the systems. > > Anyone to tell me what I do wrong here? > > regards, Jogchum
Try playing with these settings: \paper { system-system-spacing = #'((basic-distance . 12) (minimum-distance . 8) (padding . 3) (stretchability . 60)) % defaults: 12, 8, 1, 60 } -- Knute Snortum